Where does “keveys” come from?
keveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.
keveys (Finnish): lightness, levity
Ancestry of “keveys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keveä | lightweight |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kepedä | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kepä | light, of little weight |